Kagoshima 3rd district

Kagoshima 3rd district (鹿児島[県第]3区 Kagoshima[-ken dai-]san-ku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Western Kagoshima and consists of the cities of Satsumasendai, Makurazaki, Ichikikushikino, Hioki, Minamisatsuma, Minamikyūshū (without the former town of Ei), the former towns of Kōriyama and Matsumoto in the current city of Kagoshima and the town of Satsuma in Satsuma county. As of 2009, 265,049 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area was split between the multi-member districts Kagoshima 1 that elected four Representatives by single non-transferable vote and Kagoshima 2 with three representatives.

After its creation, the new 3rd district was initially a solid "conservative kingdom", a safe seat for the Liberal Democratic Party. Its first representative Tadahiro Matsushita (Obuchi faction, pre-reform: 2nd district) was followed by Kazuaki Miyaji (Mitsuzuka faction, pre-reform: 1st district) in 2000. Matsushita became a representative for the Kyūshū proportional representation block. In the "postal Diet" of 2005, he was a postal privatization rebel and tried to retake Kagoshima 3rd district as an independent in the ensuing snap election but lost to Miyaji. After initially declaring his retirement from politics, Matsushita returned in 2009 as a candidate for the People's New Party with Democratic support and won the district against Miyaji. After Matsushita's suicide in 2012, Miyaji won the resulting by-election against government candidate Takeshi Noma. In the general House of Representatives election less than three months later, Miyaji lost the district to Noma.

List of representatives
Representative Party Dates Notes
Tadahiro Matsushita LDP 1996–2000
Kazuaki Miyaji LDP 2000–2009 Failed reelection in the Kyūshū PR block[2]
Tadahiro Matsushita PNP 2009–2012 Died in September 2012
vacant 2012
Kazuaki Miyaji LDP 2012 Reelected in the Kyūshū proportional
Takeshi Noma PNP 2012-2013 Incumbent; left PNP in 2013
Independent 2013-2017
Kibō no Tō 2017

Election results
2014 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Takeshi Noma 79,003 54.6
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji (won PR seat) 56,741 39.2
Communist Yoko Yamaguchi 8,821 6.1
Turnout 254,599 57.57 -3.18
Independent gain from People's New Swing
2012[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's New Takeshi Noma 70,320 45.2
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji (won PR seat) 64,169 41.3
Restoration Hiroshi Fukudome 15,681 10.1
Communist Yumiko Ōkurano 4,098 2.6
Happiness Realization Isao Matsuzawa 1,210 0.8
Turnout 258,665 60.75 +4.15
People's New gain from Liberal Democratic Swing
October 28, 2012 by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji 70,694 48.90
People's New Takeshi Noma 65,025 44.98
Communist Yumiko Ōkurano 5,973 4.13
Happiness Realization Isao Matsuzawa 2,886 2.00
Turnout 258,853 56.6 -16.35
Liberal Democratic gain from People's New Swing
2009[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's New Tadahiro Matsushita 107,285 56.5
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji 78,876 41.6
Happiness Realization Yoshimi Terasako 3,630 1.9
Turnout 192,855 72.95
People's New gain from Liberal Democratic Swing
2005[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji 92,291 47.9
Independent Tadahiro Matsushita 68,808 35.7
Democratic Takeshi Noma 31,429 16.3
Turnout 195,182 72.13
Liberal Democratic hold Swing
2003[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji 113,743 66.9
Democratic Shōji Ōzono 45,308 26.6
Communist Satoshi Murayama 11,042 6.5
Turnout 174,412 64.14
Liberal Democratic hold Swing
2000[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji 127,315 72.1
Democratic Shōji Ōzono 33,590 19.0
Communist Satoshi Murayama 15,651 8.9
Liberal Democratic hold Swing
1996[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tadahiro Matsushita 107,385 65.8
New Frontier Shin'ichirō Hirata 41,659 25.5
Communist Satoshi Murayama 14,151 8.7
Turnout 168,729 62.7
Liberal Democratic win (new seat)

References
  1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成21年9月2日現在における選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数の概要 (in Japanese)
  2. 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>九州>自民. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-13. External link in |work= (help)
  3. 総選挙2012>開票結果　小選挙区　鹿児島. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-08-13.
  4. Kagoshima electoral commission: 衆議院鹿児島県第3区選出議員補欠選挙：投開票速報
  5. 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-13. External link in |work= (help)
  6. 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-13. External link in |work= (help)
  7. 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-13. External link in |work= (help)
  8. 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-13. External link in |work= (help)
  9. 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-13. External link in |work= (help)

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